U21 World League

Gazze arena
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Natalio Ferman started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Mart Palermo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abdi Saygın Birhan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's Abdi Saygın Birhan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Osvaldo Ticho in the 5th minute of play. Abdi Saygın Birhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mart Palermo in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Yıldıray Kudsi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Indalecio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 16 minutes, German Indalecio successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. German Indalecio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yıldıray Kudsi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alfonso Quinito struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Abdi Saygın Birhan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Devoto club social. In the 23rd minute, Osvaldo Ticho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 25 minutes of play, Devoto club social's Zacarias Qwinton made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Abdi Saygın Birhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Natalio Ferman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but German Indalecio made a huge save. After 31 played minutes Devoto club social got a freekick which was hit by Alfonso Quinito. Batu Cem Sartık lost his temper 34 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Batu Cem Sartık hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lara Croft in the 35th minute of play forced Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's goalkeeper Abdi Saygın Birhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldo Ticho came free, but Abdi Saygın Birhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Semail Sözen's late challenge caught a Devoto club social's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Semail Sözen helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's Semail Sözen got a free kick in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mart Palermo in the 39th minute of play forced Sadikköy Erdoğan FK's goalkeeper Abdi Saygın Birhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Carlos Valadares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Semail Sözen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. German Indalecio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mart Palermo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 56 played minutes Sadikköy Erdoğan FK got a freekick which was hit by Yıldıray Kudsi. In the 61stth minute of the game Natalio Ferman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Devoto club social's German Indalecio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Yıldıray Kudsi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of German Indalecio. Devoto club social's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Yıldıray Kudsi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Natalio Ferman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. German Indalecio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Natalio Ferman kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 83 minutes in the game, Osvaldo Ticho fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Abdi Saygın Birhan having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Devoto club social's Lara Croft got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute, Natalio Ferman got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Yıldıray Kudsi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Natalio Ferman struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. German Indalecio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sadikköy Erdoğan FK. Devoto club social's German Indalecio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Ferman in the 93rd minute of play. In the 95th minute Osvaldo Ticho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abdi Saygın Birhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.